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Israelis ( Yiśraʾelim, al-ʾIsrāʾīliyyin) are citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic society that is home to people of different national backgrounds. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Jews (75%), followed by Arabs (20%) and other minorities (5%). Among the Jewish population, hundreds of thousands of Israeli-born Jews are of mixed ancestry of both Ashkenazi and Mizrahi descent. Over 50% of the Jewish population is of at least a partial Mizrahi descent.

Large-scale aliyah in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from Jewish diaspora communities in Europe and the Middle East and more recent large-scale aliyah from North Africa, Western Asia, North America, South America, the Former Soviet Union and Ethiopia introduced many new cultural elements and have had profound impact on the Israeli culture.

Israelis and people of Israeli descent live all over the world: in the United States, Russia (with Moscow housing the single largest community outside of Israel), India, Canada, the United Kingdom, throughout Europe, and elsewhere. Almost 10 percent of the general population of Israel, are estimated to be living abroad.